The Insect Woman
She lives by instinct with no sense of right or wrong.
19632h 3m
- Drama
TMDB rating 7.2TMDB79 votes
Overview
A woman, Tome, is born to a lower class family in Japan in 1918. The title refers to an insect, repeating its mistakes, as in an infinite circle. Imamura, with this metaphor, introduces the life of Tome, who keeps trying to change her poor life.
- Directed by
- Shōhei Imamura
- Written by
- Shōhei Imamura, Keiji Hasebe
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Cast
Sachiko Hidari
Tome Matsuki
Jitsuko Yoshimura
Nobuko
Shoichi Ozawa
Ken
Hiroyuki Nagato
Matsunami
Kayoko Honoo
Miyako
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Facts
- Status
- Released
- Original title
- にっぽん昆虫記
- Original language
- Japanese
- Production companies
- Nikkatsu Corporation
